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1965 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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Field	Value
year	1965
dates	25 April – 5 September 1965
teams	13
munster	Tipperary
leinster	Wexford
matches	13
poty	Jimmy Doyle
team	Tipperary
titles	21st
captain	Jimmy Doyle
team2	Wexford
captain2	Tom Neville
totalgoals	60 (4.6 per game)
totalpoints	234 (18.0 per game)
topscorer	Paddy Molloy (4–12)
previous	1964
next	1966

The 1965 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 79th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 25 April 1965 and ended on 5 September 1965.

Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained their All-Ireland crown following a 2–16 to 0–10 defeat of Wexford. It was the team's fourth All-Ireland championship in five years.

Teams

A total of thirteen teams contested the championship, the same number and makeup of participants from the previous championship.

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success	All-Ireland	Provincial
Carlow	Red, green and yellow
Clare	Saffron and blue	1914	1932	1945–46
Cork	Red and white	1954	1956	1952–53
Dublin	Blue and navy	1938	1961	1938–39
Galway	Maroon and white	1923		1950–51
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1963	1964	1932–33
Laois	Blue and white	1915	1949
Limerick	Green and white	1940	1955	1946–47
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1964	1964	1964–65
Waterford	White and blue	1959	1963	1962–63
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1960	1962	1957–58

Results

[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]

First round

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]]

Final

Main article: 1965 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Championship statistics

Scoring

;Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Paddy Molloy	Offaly	4–12	24	2	12.00
2	Seán McLoughlin	Tipperary	6-01	19	3	6.33
3	Christy O'Brien	Laois	3-07	16	2	8.00
4	Jimmy Doyle	Tipperary	0–14	14	3	4.66
5	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	1-09	12	2	6.00

;Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Paddy Molloy	Offaly	2-07	13	Carlow
2	Paddy Molloy	Offaly	2-05	11	Laois
3	Frank Coffey	Galway	1-06	9	Clare
4	Christy O'Brien	Laois	2-02	8	Westmeath
Christy O'Brien	Laois	1-05	8	Offaly
Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	0-08	8	Dublin
4	Martin Byrne	Wexford	2-01	7	Kilkenny
Mattie Fox	Galway	2-01	7	Clare
Pat Cronin	Clare	2-01	7	Galway
Theo English	Tipperary	2-01	7	Cork
Seán McLoughlin	Tipperary	2-01	7	Wexford
Jimmy Doyle	Tipperary	0-07	7	Cork

References

Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).

References

"September 5 1965 – John Doyle wins his 8th All Ireland Hurling Medal {{!}} On This Day In Tipperary".
(2021). "The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games". DBA Publications Ltd..

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